Family Medicine Physician Pay in the Southeast

The most current occupational employment data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) put the number of family medicine physicians employed in the United States at more than 98,000 as of May 2020.  More than 23,500 family medicine physicians were employed at that time in the twelve-state Southeast region of the country.  BLS data reveals the region to have much disparity in family physician pay.  Three states in the region ranked among the top third of all states for family medicine physician annual mean wages, while at the same time six other Southeastern states ranked among the bottom third of states on the same metric.  Overall, however, the region was a subpar one for family physician pay as the data showed about 69% of the region's practitioners lived in a state where the annual mean wage for family medicine physicians was below the national average.  A closer examination of May 2020 data from the BLS details the following about family medicine physician pay in the Southeast:

Family Medicine Physician Pay in the Southeast

State	# Employed	Annual Mean Wages	Wage Rank*
AL	780	$227,770	13th
AR	1,360	$209,370	34th
FL	8,510	$204,390	40th
GA	1,780	$232,190	10th
KY	1,010	$180,700	48th
LA	360	$204,500	39th
MS	870	$208,610	35th
NC	1,360	$223,190	17th
SC	2,420	$216,590	25th
TN	1,010	$216,170	26th
VA	3,700	$207,450	36th
WV	390	$173,790	50th
U.S.	98,590	$214,370	-------

(*) annual mean wage ranking among the 50 states and the District of Columbia

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OES. Data extracted on May 12, 2021